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Shanghai Experience
Recently I had a chance to
spend four days in Shanghai. It was a wonderful experience
and I was not at all surprised to see that Shanghai is
really a city which is developing itself prosperously and
positively.
I was staying in a three-star hotel in which you can see as
many foreign visitors as you can in a HK hotel. When I had
the chances to go shopping in one of the busiest shopping
streets,
I found that things sold in HK
can also almost all be found there, except that if you were
expecting things to be there cheaper, then you would be
absolutely disappointed.
All the meals I had were
served in Shanghainese style
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8 cold appetizers followed my 8
hot dishes. All were very delicious. One would notice that
Shanghai people are not the meat-eaters in HK. |
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They tend to
serve quite a few vegetarian dishes, except that they are
able to think of many different styles of frying them in
different sauces like cabbage in black bean sauce, stir fry
green beans, various mushrooms fried in oyster sauce, etc.
Do ask for more chopsticks and spoons if you want to be more
hygienic since it seems that they do not have the practice
as in HK of using a pair of shared chopsticks for everyone.
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They seem to
like serving dessert in the middle of each
meal and a soup would come at the end. Tea
is not served in the same way as in HK. Tea
would be served but if you want a refill,
you will have to ask for it and so this only
can make the waitress busy enough.
We were a bit
surprised to see that we were not served any
meat buns in baskets which is one of the
most famous food in Shanghai. Interesting
enough we were told that these meat buns are
not classy enough to be served to guests. At
the end, we decided to go to the most famous
place which serves these buns on our own in
Yu Garden - Nan Cheong Man Tou Dian. |
 Remember one thing, do not
just go to the second floor because it only serves the
typical meat buns at a price of 15RMB for 16 buns. Go to the
third floor then you can experience the real crab meat buns
which serves 6 buns at a price of 40RMB. A huge difference!
At the end of
our trip,
we took a chance to take the Transrapid System
which took us to the
airport from the city in just 8 minutes. It
is the fastest rail system in commercial
operation in the world. At its top speed of
430km/h, it really gave us a thrilling
experience and made the 50RMB worth the
cost!
 However, one
strong disappointment hit us when we got to
the airport. Knowing that we still had more
than an hour before the departure gate
closed, we hoped to enjoy a cup of coffee.
Inside the restricted area, we failed
to find any proper cafes and the only place we found offered
proper coffee at a price of 48RMB and instant coffee at a
price of 28RMB. Considering that the area was not
particularly well-kept, coffee at such a price was obviously
not worthwhile.
All in all, the experience was a very good one. I am sure
that Shanghai will continue to set as a good model for many
other cities to follow in China and we are proud of home
country.
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About The Author
Wong Yee Lee
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